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Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Liam Twomey: The Senator is asking me——

Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Liam Twomey: If the Senator asks me the question, I will answer it.

Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Liam Twomey: Did he work in the UK?

Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Liam Twomey: My geography was never very good.

Seanad: Voluntary Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (27 Sep 2007)

Liam Twomey: I welcome the Minister. The Minister and I have been dealing with risk equalisation for the past two and a half years and in some respects it has turned us into private health anoraks regarding debates of this nature. While the Minister and I appear to understand the issues, no one else outside the Houses of the Oireachtas appears to do so. I refer in particular to risk equalisation, which...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2007)

Liam Twomey: Listening to the concert coming from the Government benches regarding the Health Service Executive, it is misplaced to make a virtue out of penalising patients. Last month, senior management in the HSE paid themselves significant bonuses. This month, we are told, the problems in the HSE are due to the failure of senior management to understand their own budgets. How can someone pay himself...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2007)

Liam Twomey: There has been a U-turn on health policy by the Government. While no one is reforming the public health system, it is being given over to the private sector which is not regulated by the statutory bodies established by the Government. These are the matters to be debated in the House rather than paying lip-service to an unholy mess in the health services. I know of many patients waiting...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2007)

Liam Twomey: No bad language.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2007)

Liam Twomey: Surely it is giving more than that.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2007)

Liam Twomey: They do not have any aircraft. They sold them.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2007)

Liam Twomey: We are moving much faster than was thought.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2007)

Liam Twomey: With regard to what Bishop Burrows said on abortion, politicians are not spineless. We have had a commission on assisted human reproduction and the Joint Committee on Health and Children held four public sessions on the issue. Both I and Senator Feeney attended those meetings. The situation in Ireland is quite clear. Irish courts give full protection to the foetus as soon as it is...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2007)

Liam Twomey: The Senator sounds like a civil servant.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2007)

Liam Twomey: The Cathaoirleach stated he wanted the Order of Business used by Members to seek debates. Last week the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform came to the House but failed to give much of an explanation as to why murder rates have increased by 50% or why the Deputy Leader of the House thinks this is a pantomime. We want to use the House properly to get answers. Yesterday Senator...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2007)

Liam Twomey: If we want to raise issues, they should be dealt with in a serious manner and should be responded to by Ministers in the same manner. We should not be disrespectful to each other in this regard.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2007)

Liam Twomey: If Senators raise issues in the House, Ministers should come back with proper answers. They should not just ad lib and give glib answers. This issue should be taken up with every Minister. I served with Senator Boyle in the other House, where he was passionate about issues. It is amazing how quickly his role seems to have changed since he became part of the Government.

Seanad: Markets in Financial Instruments and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2007: Second Stage (25 Oct 2007)

Liam Twomey: This is a business Bill which is of little interest to most people inside or outside this House. It concerns the transaction of business in the European Union and allows companies work across borders within the Union. What about the inverse? Is there any chance that Irish people could get mortgages or other loans in other jurisdictions? The Bill focuses on companies coming to operate...

Seanad: Markets in Financial Instruments and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2007: Second Stage (25 Oct 2007)

Liam Twomey: I would like to correct that.

Seanad: Markets in Financial Instruments and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2007: Second Stage (25 Oct 2007)

Liam Twomey: I did not say I had no interest in the Bill. I said that many people in this House had no interest in it. Senator MacSharry should correct the record of the House if that is the attitude he is taking towards other Senators.

Seanad: Markets in Financial Instruments and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2007: Second Stage (25 Oct 2007)

Liam Twomey: The Senator should learn to listen.